Estimating Crop Productivity for Five Ornamental Foliage Plants

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 522-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adalberto Di Benedet . ◽  
Jorge Molinari . ◽  
Carlos Boschi . ◽  
Diego Benedicto . ◽  
Marcelo Cerrotta . ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Productivity ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants

scholarly journals Oviposition Preference of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Various Ornamental Foliage Plants

1969 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-120
Author(s):  
E. Abreu-Rodríguez ◽  
M. Pérez Escolar
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Oviposition Preference ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diaprepes Abbreviatus ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants ◽  
Codiaeum Variegatum

The ornamental plants Ficus elastica, Yucca gloriosa, Dracaena deremensis 'Warneckii', Codiaeum variegatum and Dracaena surculosa 'Florida Beauty' were not used for oviposition by Diaprepes abbreviatus. All the other Dracaena spp. tested were used in addition to other plants. This paper discusses the importance of these ornamental plants as hosts of Diaprepes abbreviatus.

scholarly journals Daily Evapotranspiration of Guzmania ‘Irene’ and Vriesea ‘Carly’ Bromeliads Produced in a Shaded Greenhouse

HortScience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1814-1819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Beeson ◽  
Jianjun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Canopy Closure ◽  
Closure Model ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants ◽  
Daily Evapotranspiration ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Production Period

Bromeliads are important ornamental foliage plants, but until now, their daily water use during production was unknown. Using a canopy closure model developed for container-grown woody ornamental plants, in this study we investigated actual evapotranspiration (ETA) of Guzmania ‘Irene’ and Vriesea ‘Carly’ from tissue-cultured liners grown in 15-cm containers to marketable sizes in a shaded greenhouse. The mean daily ETA of Guzmania ‘Irene’ ranged from 4.02 to 66.35 mL per plant, and the mean cumulative ETA was 16.66 L over a 95-week production period. The mean daily ETA of Vriesea ‘Carly’ varied from 3.98 to 59.89 mL per plant, and the mean cumulative ETA was 15.52 L over the same production period as the Guzmania cultivar. The best-fit models for predicting daily ETA of the two bromeliads were developed, which had correlation coefficients (r2) of 0.79 for Guzmania ‘Irene’ and 0.68 for Vriesea ‘Carly’. The success in the model of ETA for both bromeliads suggested that the canopy closure model was equally applicable to container-grown ornamental foliage plants produced in greenhouse conditions. The daily ETA and cumulative ETA values represent research-based information on water requirements, and, when applied, could improve irrigation practices in bromeliad production. This study also showed that roots per se of the two epiphytic bromeliads were able to absorb water and nutrients from a peat-based container substrate and support their complete life cycles.

PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS

1989 ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
R. T. Poole ◽  
C. A. Conover
Keyword(s):  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Shipping and Storage of Ornamental Foliage Plants

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Ben-Yaacov ◽  
R.T. Poole ◽  
Benjamin Steinitz ◽  
C.A. Conover
Keyword(s):  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals Water-based Cold Protection of Chill-sensitive Foliage Plants in Shadehouses

HortScience ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 1668-1672
Author(s):  
Robert H. Stamps ◽  
Seenivasan Natarajan ◽  
Lawrence R. Parsons ◽  
Jianjun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Chilling Injury ◽  
Sprinkler Irrigation ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Chilling Temperatures

Four water-based cold protection systems [under-benches mist (UBM), over-roadways mist (ORM), and two among-plants fog (APF1, APF2)] were evaluated for their water use and effectiveness in protecting ornamental foliage plants from chilling injury (CI) under protected shade structures at three commercial locations in Florida. UBM used a two-stage thermostat-controlled system with mist nozzles on 25-cm above-ground risers combined with an overhead retractable heat curtain. Both ORM and APF1 had seasonally applied polyethylene film cladding and manually controlled irrigation systems. The ORM system had the mist nozzles located 1.8 m high and APF1 and APF2 systems had the low-pressure fog nozzles mounted on 25-cm above-ground risers spaced among the plants. Temperature data loggers were placed outside and inside the northwest sections of the shadehouses. ORM and the two APF systems were evaluated during freeze events in 2006, 2007, and 2008 and UBM only in 2007 and 2008. UBM, ORM, and APF1 successfully kept the shadehouse temperatures above critical chilling temperatures for all of the foliage plants. APF2 protected all foliage crops except for jungle drum “palm” (Carludovica sp.) that sustained CI. At the UBM site, the air temperatures recorded inside the shadehouse were ≈17 °C warmer than outside. Both ORM and APF1 maintained adequately warm temperatures inside the shadehouses; however, the fog system maintained equal or higher temperatures than the mist system and used 86% less water. Inside temperatures were lower with APF2 than APF1 although the emitter type was the same and the water application rates were similar. These temperature differences were attributable to the greater APF2 shadehouse surface area (SA) and volume (V) compared with APF1 and indicate that the SA and V of structures being heated need to be considered when designing water-based low-pressure fog heating systems. The ORM and both fog systems conserved water compared with using the conventional sprinkler irrigation systems. These results show the potential of water-based approaches for maintaining shadehouses above chilling temperatures during freeze events.

scholarly journals `Sterling' Dieffenbachia

HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1356
Author(s):  
R. J. Henny ◽  
J. Chen ◽  
D.J. Norman
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Foliage Plants ◽  
Ornamental Foliage Plants ◽  
Plant Breeding Program ◽  
Foliage Plant ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Interior Environments ◽  
New Cultivars

Species and cultivars of Dieffenbachia Schott. (Araceae Juss.) have been important ornamental foliage plants for many decades. Their attractive foliar variegation, adaptability to interior environments, and ease of production are major reasons for their importance as ornamental foliage plants. Approximately 20 cultivars are commercially produced in Florida. Previously, most new cultivars were clones introduced from the wild or chance mutations of existing cultivars. Currently, cultivars are introduced into production from plant breeding programs (Henny 1995a, b; Henny and Chen, 2003; Henny et al., 1987). The hybrid Dieffenbachia `Sterling' was developed by the tropical foliage plant breeding program at the Mid-Florida Research and Education Center.

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